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Title: door card rubber
Post by: darrenfos on 18 November 2013, 21:23:26
anyone know what can be done to revive the rubber on the door card grab handle, and around the window switch. They seem to scratch real easy (there a horrible design)
Title: Re: door card rubber
Post by: 05omegav6 on 18 November 2013, 21:32:28
Search and you shall find ::)

(hint... October last year in 'What have you done to your car...')
Title: Re: door card rubber
Post by: jonny2112 on 18 November 2013, 21:34:08
Search and you shall find ::)

(hint... October last year in 'What have you done to your car...')

Show off  :D
Mind you,  you did a great job  :y
Title: Re: door card rubber
Post by: darrenfos on 18 November 2013, 21:35:56
i had a look yesterday, quick question how do you get the rubber off is there any solvents you could advise because i dont want to scratch the plastic. 
Title: Re: door card rubber
Post by: 05omegav6 on 18 November 2013, 21:36:37
Thanks :-[ :y

Holding up well considering the crap it puts up with 8)
Title: Re: door card rubber
Post by: 05omegav6 on 18 November 2013, 21:38:27
i had a look yesterday, quick question how do you get the rubber off is there any solvents you could advise because i dont want to scratch the plastic.

Solvents will dissolve the plastic as well ::) lots of wet and dry. Start coarse 200 grit, and work your way to 2000 grit, then either paint or polish :y

Easier if all stripped off the door card first :y
Title: Re: door card rubber
Post by: darrenfos on 18 November 2013, 21:42:47
bang on, i always strip the part first not, like the Muppet's that just go for it and get the spray everywhere, cheers.
Title: Re: door card rubber
Post by: jonny2112 on 18 November 2013, 21:43:29
Thanks :-[ :y

Holding up well considering the crap it puts up with 8)

I can only imagine  :-X
It's still on my wish list of jobs but haven't managed it yet  :-[
Part of the problem is colour, though another member used plastidip stuff with good results on a cream interior.
Title: Re: door card rubber
Post by: 05omegav6 on 18 November 2013, 21:47:59
Thanks :-[ :y

Holding up well considering the crap it puts up with 8)

I can only imagine  :-X
It's still on my wish list of jobs but haven't managed it yet  :-[
Part of the problem is colour, though another member used plastidip stuff with good results on a cream interior.
That's the beauty of the Tamiya paint I used... hundreds of colours with different finishes...matt/satin/gloss being the obvious three and covers far more predictably than so called specialist products :y
Title: Re: door card rubber
Post by: jonny2112 on 18 November 2013, 21:55:06
Thanks :-[ :y

Holding up well considering the crap it puts up with 8)

I can only imagine  :-X
It's still on my wish list of jobs but haven't managed it yet  :-[
Part of the problem is colour, though another member used plastidip stuff with good results on a cream interior.
That's the beauty of the Tamiya paint I used... hundreds of colours with different finishes...matt/satin/gloss being the obvious three and covers far more predictably than so called specialist products :y

Thanks al. Here I go again .........  ;D
Had considered doing the wood effect bits too, but which colour? Beats me  :-\
I guess could be the same as the pockets,  but would the dash area look odd then?
Decisions, decisions  :D
Title: Re: door card rubber
Post by: 05omegav6 on 18 November 2013, 22:14:34
I might veneer the 'wood' next time :-\ might be easier said than done though...
Title: Re: door card rubber
Post by: jonny2112 on 18 November 2013, 22:27:10
MarkC (where is he right enough??) used a vinyl on his iirc, but there's just too many colours going on in mine   :-\
Title: Re: door card rubber
Post by: 05omegav6 on 18 November 2013, 22:33:10
The cream interior can easily be toned down with black/charcoal carpets, lower trims and door cards, keeping the cream lower dash, seats and leather/vinyl door panels :y

Unless of course yours is an early facelift with the poo brown dash/wheel/centre console ::)
Title: Re: door card rubber
Post by: jonny2112 on 18 November 2013, 22:37:40
No offence to any current owners, but that brown dash was shocking! Imo of course  ;)
Title: Re: door card rubber
Post by: darrenfos on 18 November 2013, 23:43:12
just striped the door down regarding the grommets i wag going to replace with screws that fit in the hole's like the self tapping ones, any ideas?
Title: Re: door card rubber
Post by: darrenfos on 19 November 2013, 18:39:36
(http://i971.photobucket.com/albums/ae199/darrenfos/20131119_182822_zps551d996e.jpg) (http://s971.photobucket.com/user/darrenfos/media/20131119_182822_zps551d996e.jpg.html)(http://i971.photobucket.com/albums/ae199/darrenfos/20131119_182740_zpse812b770.jpg) (http://s971.photobucket.com/user/darrenfos/media/20131119_182740_zpse812b770.jpg.html)
might try and get a blue-grey spray, not sure yet looks better than the pic's. not bad first attempt. :) 
Title: Re: door card rubber
Post by: jonny2112 on 19 November 2013, 18:55:44
Looks good mate - keep it up  :y
Title: Re: door card rubber
Post by: darrenfos on 24 November 2013, 17:32:25
(http://i971.photobucket.com/albums/ae199/darrenfos/20131124_142358_zps53b79447.jpg) (http://s971.photobucket.com/user/darrenfos/media/20131124_142358_zps53b79447.jpg.html) rear door looking allot better
Title: Re: door card rubber
Post by: 05omegav6 on 24 November 2013, 17:39:32
Looking good :y
Title: Re: door card rubber
Post by: jonny2112 on 24 November 2013, 17:41:18
Looking good :y

Absolutely  :y
Title: Re: door card rubber
Post by: darrenfos on 24 November 2013, 17:41:34
cheers was worth it
Title: Re: door card rubber
Post by: jonny2112 on 24 November 2013, 17:43:33
What products did you use in the end?
Title: Re: door card rubber
Post by: darrenfos on 24 November 2013, 17:48:50
rubbed down with wet and dry under running warm water, then i used a halford's satin black, then lacquer on top to seal it then baked over night above the boiler
Title: Re: door card rubber
Post by: jonny2112 on 24 November 2013, 17:53:17
Nice one, thanks. I don't like the thought of taking it apart in the first place  :-X
Title: Re: door card rubber
Post by: darrenfos on 24 November 2013, 17:54:32
no i didn't but its not to bad, if fact it's quite easy.